Step 2. Create the configurable product

We have the information we need to create the Champ Tee configurable product.

The sample payload does not contain the price or the size. These attributes will be defined in the simple products.

The visibility attribute is set to 4, meaning the product can be found by browsing or searching. This value will be changed for the simple products.

The below table shows the equivalent code for the visibility attribute

Visibility
Code
Not Visible Individually
1
Catalog
2
Search
3
Catalog, Search
4
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Before you using this code sample, verify that the attribute values are the same in your installation. See Get the list of attributes defined in an attribute searchCriteria for more information.

Endpoint:

POST <host>/rest/default/V1/products

Payload:

{
  "product": {
    "sku": "MS-Champ",
    "name": "Champ Tee",
    "attribute_set_id": 9,
    "status": 1,
    "visibility": 4,
    "type_id": "configurable",
    "weight": "0.5",
    "extension_attributes": {
        "category_links": [
            {
                "position": 0,
                "category_id": "11"
            },
            {
                "position": 1,
                "category_id": "12"
            },
            {
                "position": 2,
                "category_id": "16"
            }
        ]
    },
    "custom_attributes": [
        {
            "attribute_code": "description",
            "value": "The Champ Tee keeps you cool and dry while you do your thing. Let everyone know who you are by adding your name on the back for only $10."
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "tax_class_id",
            "value": "2"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "material",
            "value": "148"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "pattern",
            "value": "196"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "color",
            "value": "52"
        }
    ]
  }
}

Response:

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{
    "id": 2078,
    "sku": "MS-Champ",
    "name": "Champ Tee",
    "attribute_set_id": 9,
    "price": 0,
    "status": 1,
    "visibility": 4,
    "type_id": "configurable",
    "created_at": "2017-11-29 19:57:20",
    "updated_at": "2017-11-29 19:57:20",
    "weight": 0.5,
    "extension_attributes": {
        "website_ids": [
            1
        ],
        "category_links": [
            {
                "position": 0,
                "category_id": "11"
            },
            {
                "position": 1,
                "category_id": "12"
            },
            {
                "position": 2,
                "category_id": "16"
            }
        ],
        "stock_item": {
            "item_id": 2078,
            "product_id": 2078,
            "stock_id": 1,
            "qty": 0,
            "is_in_stock": false,
            "is_qty_decimal": false,
            "show_default_notification_message": false,
            "use_config_min_qty": true,
            "min_qty": 0,
            "use_config_min_sale_qty": 1,
            "min_sale_qty": 1,
            "use_config_max_sale_qty": true,
            "max_sale_qty": 10000,
            "use_config_backorders": true,
            "backorders": 0,
            "use_config_notify_stock_qty": true,
            "notify_stock_qty": 1,
            "use_config_qty_increments": true,
            "qty_increments": 0,
            "use_config_enable_qty_inc": true,
            "enable_qty_increments": false,
            "use_config_manage_stock": true,
            "manage_stock": true,
            "low_stock_date": null,
            "is_decimal_divided": false,
            "stock_status_changed_auto": 0
        },
        "configurable_product_options": [],
        "configurable_product_links": []
    },
    "product_links": [],
    "options": [],
    "media_gallery_entries": [],
    "tier_prices": [],
    "custom_attributes": [
        {
            "attribute_code": "description",
            "value": "The Champ Tee keeps you cool and dry while you do your thing. Let everyone know who you are by adding your name on the back for only $10."
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "color",
            "value": "52"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "category_ids",
            "value": [
                "11",
                "12",
                "16"
            ]
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "options_container",
            "value": "container2"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "required_options",
            "value": "0"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "has_options",
            "value": "0"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "url_key",
            "value": "champ-tee"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "tax_class_id",
            "value": "2"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "material",
            "value": "148"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "size",
            "value": "91"
        },
        {
            "attribute_code": "pattern",
            "value": "196"
        }
    ]
}

Verify this step

Product page with configurable product